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TY - ABST
AU - Demmer, Craig
AU - Rothschild, Nina
TI - Bereavement among South African adolescents following a sibling's death from AIDS
JO - African Journal of AIDS Research
PY - 2011-04-01T00:00:00///
VL - 10
IS - 1
SP - 15
EP - 24
KW - sibling loss
KW - psychological aspects
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - qualitative research
KW - children and youths
KW - grief
N2 - While increasing attention has been paid in recent years to studying the impact of parental death from AIDS on children, we know little about how a sibling's death from AIDS affects children. In this qualitative descriptive study, 11 in-depth interviews were conducted by trained social
workers with adolescents who had lost a sibling to AIDS, in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The average time since the sibling's death was 18 months. These adolescents had been actively involved in caring for their sick sibling, yet they received inadequate emotional support from any
source both before and after the sibling's death. HIV/AIDS stigma as well as the family's daily struggle to survive caused these adolescents to keep their feelings and their grief to themselves. Despite the trauma of losing a beloved sibling and the hardships of their environment, they demonstrated
remarkable fortitude as well as concern for others. More research is needed on the issue of sibling bereavement associated with AIDS, and interventions that address the multiple needs of these vulnerable young people need to be developed.
UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/ajar/2011/00000010/00000001/art00002
M3 - doi:10.2989/16085906.2011.575544
UR - https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2011.575544
ER -